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Igor Ya. Erukhimovich, D.Sc.

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION, RESEARCH TRAINING, Scientific Degrees and Titles

EMPLOYMENT

GRANTS and AWARDS

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS and SERVICES

PERSONAL DATA

EDUCATION, RESEARCH TRAINING, Scientific Degrees and Titles

2001 - Full Professor in Polymer Science

1994 - D.Sc. in Polymer Physics, Institute for Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Thesis: Weak Supercrystallization and Other Fluctuation Effects in Flexible Concentrated Polymer Systems of Complex Architecture.

1979 - Ph.D. in Molecular Physics, Physical-Technical Institute of Low Temperatures of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kharkov, Ukraine. Thesis: Some Problems in Statistical Theory of Concentrated Polymer Systems. Research adviser: Academician I. M. Lifshitz.

1970 - Passed all nine exams of the theoretical minimum established by Nobel Prize Winner Lev Landau and maintained by his school in the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow, USSR.

1969 - Graduated with honours from Department of Physics, Kharkov State University, Kharkov, Ukraine. Major: theoretical physics. M.Thesis: Some Problems in Statistical Theory of Polymers (Generalization of the Coil-Globule Transition Theory by Lifshitz to Periodic Heteropolymers)

EMPLOYMENT

1 Sep 2006 - 30 Nov 2006 Visiting Directeur de Recherche at CNRS, Institut Charles Sadron UMR 22, Strasbourg, France.

Jan 2004 - Apr 2004 Visiting Scholar (Eshbach Professor), the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University, IL USA

Jun 2003 - Dec 2003, Jun 2004 - Jul 2004, Sep 2005 - Oct 2005 Humboldt Research Awardee, Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Institute of Physics,

1995 - (present) Head Researcher, Nesmeyanov Institute for Elemento-Organic Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

1994 - (present) Adjunct Head Researcher, Physics Department, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.

Nov-Dec 1993 Visiting Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

1993 Organizing own private business "SITESOFT - Theory for Users".

Dec 1991 - March 1992 Visiting Scientist, Groupe de Phisico-Chimie Theorique, Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.

1991-1992 Head Researcher, Mathematical Department, Institute for Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Crystal Chemistry of Rare Elements (IMGRE), Moscow, Russia.

1987-1991 Senior Research Scientist, Mathematical Department, IMGRE, Moscow, Russia.

1985-1987 Senior Engineer, Mathematical Department, IMGRE, Moscow, Russia.

1977-1985 Research Fellow, Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Research Institute for Biological Tests of Chemical Compounds, Koupavna, Moscow Region, Russia.

1973-1977 Senior Engineer, Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Research Institute for Biological Tests of Chemical Compounds, Koupavna, Moscow Region, Russia.

1970-1973 Ph.D. Student, Solid State Physics Institute of Ac.Sc. of USSR, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, Russia.

1964-1969 Student, Department of Physics, Kharkov State University, Kharkov, Ukraine.

1962-1964 Metalworker, Shipbuilding Plant, Nikolaev, Ukraine

GRANTS and AWARDS

2010 - 2012 Head of the project 'Formation and properties of polymer nanostructures in spatially confined systems' supported by a State Contract of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation.

2009 - 2012 Russian Co-Leader of the European Framework Program 7 project 'SELFMEM' (Self-Assembled Polymer Membranes). The project united efforts of 12 European universities and industrial firms and has been coordinataed by Prof. Dr. Volker Abetz (Germany).

2004 - 2006 Russian Co-Leader of the NWO (Dutch Russian Scientific Cooperation Program) granted project 'New computational methods to understand block copolymer ordered phases (nanostructures) with competing length scales' (Call 2003 Computational Sciences and Plasma Physics). Dutch project leader Prof. Dr. G. ten Brinke.

2003 - 2004 - Spring Quarter Visiting Scholar Award (Eshbach Professor), McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University, IL USA (host Prof. Monica Olvera de la Cruz).

2003 - Humboldt Research Award (host Prof. Dr. Kurt Binder, Institute of Physics, Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz)

2001 -JSPS (Japan Society of Promotion of Science) Invitation Fellowship (host Prof. K. Yoshikawa, Kyoto University)

1999 - 2002 Leader of Moscow Team participating in the INTAS grant 'A Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Morphology Formation in Pure and Blended Block Copolymers: Synthesis, Experiment and Theory'.

Principal Investigator - PD Dr. V. Abetz)(Germany).

Co-Investigators: Prof. Dr. N.Hadjichristidis (Greece), Prof. Dr. L.Leibler (France), Prof. Dr. V. V. Shilov (Ukraine), Prof. Dr. T.M.Birshtein (Russia).

1998 - 2000 "Theory of structural phase transitions and properties of super-crystal phases in complex polymer systems" - grant of the Russian Ministry of High Education ("Universities of Russia - Fundamental Researches")

1996 - 1998 Russian Coordinator of the joint INTAS-RFBR grant "A Complex Study of Linear and Branched ABC Triblock Copolymers: Synthesis, Experiment and Theory".

Principal Investigator - Prof. Dr. R.Stadler (since June 1998 - Dr. V. Abetz)(Germany),

Co-Investigators: Prof. Dr. L.Leibler (France), Prof. Dr. T.M.Birshtein (Russia).

1994 The grant of International Scientific Foundation for Russian scientists with the highest impact factor of their publications.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS and SERVICES

Scientific Council Д 501.002.01 of Physics Deapartment, Moscow State University
Polymer Council at Russian Academy of Sciences

Referee for

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Polymer Science (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Advances in Chemistry (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Europhysics Letters
Macromolecules (American Chemical Society)
Physical Review Letters

PERSONAL DATA

Born: May 19, 1947, Nikolaev, USSR (now Ukraine)

Citizenship: Russia

Marital Status: married (Poselenova Irina Ivanovna),

one son (Erukhimovich Victor Igorevich)

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